Medellín envejece a pasos agigantados

ABSTRACT: To analyze the dynamics of the population of the city of Medellín and its elderly population. Materials and methods: a descriptive study was made taking information from the census of population and housing achieved by the Administrative Department of Municipal Planning in 1964, 1973, and 1985, and the official projection data of the Metropolitan Information Subdirection of the Municipal Administrative Planning Department for the period 1993-2005. Results and conclusions: the city of Medellín presents a progressive population growth, especially in population aged more than 30 years. The elderly population showed an increase of 2.3% between 1964 and 2001. This increase is perceived in the change of the ageing rate, which has changed from 8 elderly people for each 100 people under the age of 15 in 1964 to 21 elderly people in 2001. Life expectation changed from 60 years old in the middle of the 20th century to 73 years old in 2003, especially in women. The active population structure rate shows how 25 generations of active adults (from 40 to 46 years old) represents 66% out of the 25 younger generations (from 15 to 39 years old) in 2004.

• Autores: Cardona Arango, María Dorys; Estrada Restrepo, Alejandro; Agudelo García, Héctor Byron
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2004
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/7970
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/7970
• Palabra clave: Demografía - Medellín; Envejecimiento de la población; Estadísticas demográficas; Estudios poblacionales en salud publica; Medellín (Antioquia, Colombia); Demographic aging; Demographic statistics
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 2.5 Colombia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CO)